Originally Posted by JeffG1:
“Not heard of Masterteam. What channel is that on?”
“Not heard of Masterteam. What channel is that on?”
Channel 1985, approximately
It was on BBC1 in the pre-six o'clock news slot before the Neighbours era.
Most stupid answer to a quiz question ever!
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Channel 1985, approximately
It was on BBC1 in the pre-six o'clock news slot before the Neighbours era.
Originally Posted by JeffG1:
“Not heard of Masterteam. What channel is that on?”
“Not heard of Masterteam. What channel is that on?”
BBC but years ago - it was that traumatic it stayed with me
Originally Posted by lundavra:
“Though the Christmas University Challenge had a low yesterday, University of East Anglia was still on -5 after twenty minutes.”
“Though the Christmas University Challenge had a low yesterday, University of East Anglia was still on -5 after twenty minutes.”
Those 'celebs' did however go to those various universities and even if they just scraped an Ordinary should not be exactly thick to have got there in the first place.
Notwithstanding that, Lucy Porter was particularly impressive on Manchester's team, I thought.
Originally Posted by iamian:
“Those 'celebs' did however go to those various universities”
“Those 'celebs' did however go to those various universities”
Note, however, that nowhere are they referred to as "celebrities", as befits a programme like University Challenge.
Tonight on celeb Mastermind
Question- A bad tempered person is often likened to an animal with a sore head.What animal?
Celeb- A Dragon
Question- In Which city was JFK assassinated?
Celeb- New York
Question- A bad tempered person is often likened to an animal with a sore head.What animal?
Celeb- A Dragon
Question- In Which city was JFK assassinated?
Celeb- New York
Question at a pub quiz.
Who was the first Pope to be called by two names?
My missus "Pope John Paul the second"
(Shes a good Catholic girl too)
Who was the first Pope to be called by two names?
My missus "Pope John Paul the second"
(Shes a good Catholic girl too)
Originally Posted by juliancarswell:
“Question at a pub quiz.
Who was the first Pope to be called by two names?
My missus "Pope John Paul the second"
(Shes a good Catholic girl too)”
“Question at a pub quiz.
Who was the first Pope to be called by two names?
My missus "Pope John Paul the second"
(Shes a good Catholic girl too)”
I think we have a winner.
Originally Posted by gerry d:
“Tonight on celeb Mastermind
Question- A bad tempered person is often likened to an animal with a sore head.What animal?
Celeb- A Dragon
Question- In Which city was JFK assassinated?
Celeb- New York”
“Tonight on celeb Mastermind
Question- A bad tempered person is often likened to an animal with a sore head.What animal?
Celeb- A Dragon
Question- In Which city was JFK assassinated?
Celeb- New York”
Why a stupid answer? If you aren't sure then it is a fair guess as the airport has his name, A stupid answer would be 'Sausage'. It's not the 'I know so they should know thread'
Originally Posted by cris182:
“Why a stupid answer? If you aren't sure then it is a fair guess as the airport has his name, A stupid answer would be 'Sausage'. It's not the 'I know so they should know thread'”
“Why a stupid answer? If you aren't sure then it is a fair guess as the airport has his name, A stupid answer would be 'Sausage'. It's not the 'I know so they should know thread'”
BIB - Think this thread should be renamed to something like that.
Non stupid answers are posted over and over again, many other posters (like yourself) have responded by saying that the answer is not stupid, yet they keep on coming.
I would estimate that the proportion of the 985 posts on this thread which go anywhere near meeting the criteria of the thread title is probably less than 5%.
Originally Posted by cris182:
“Why a stupid answer? If you aren't sure then it is a fair guess as the airport has his name, A stupid answer would be 'Sausage'. It's not the 'I know so they should know thread'”
“Why a stupid answer? If you aren't sure then it is a fair guess as the airport has his name, A stupid answer would be 'Sausage'. It's not the 'I know so they should know thread'”
Also for many younger people JFK does mean as much as anyone who was around at the time. I suspect would not know what 'JFK' stood for.
Originally Posted by lundavra:
“Also for many younger people JFK does mean as much as anyone who was around at the time. I suspect would not know what 'JFK' stood for.”
“Also for many younger people JFK does mean as much as anyone who was around at the time. I suspect would not know what 'JFK' stood for.”
If you mean contestants, I assume they went to school where people learn stuff like that.
Originally Posted by lundavra:
“Also for many younger people JFK does mean as much as anyone who was around at the time. I suspect would not know what 'JFK' stood for.”
“Also for many younger people JFK does mean as much as anyone who was around at the time. I suspect would not know what 'JFK' stood for.”
My 9-year-old son knows who he is
Originally Posted by davads:
“Channel 1985, approximately It was on BBC1 in the pre-six o'clock news slot before the Neighbours era.”
“Channel 1985, approximately
It was on BBC1 in the pre-six o'clock news slot before the Neighbours era.”
My debut quiz show...nearly
Originally Posted by FM Lover:
“Pointless threw up a classic yesterday.
Winter Olympic Athletes was the topic. Five photos, you choose the most obscure.
Up came John Curry from the Winter Olympics of 1976
The woman said, in all seriousness Burt Kwok”
“Pointless threw up a classic yesterday.
Winter Olympic Athletes was the topic. Five photos, you choose the most obscure.
Up came John Curry from the Winter Olympics of 1976
The woman said, in all seriousness Burt Kwok”
Only just caught up on this answer as I was watching some Pointlesses off my planner!
Still crying.
I'm convinced she had some sort of bet going that she had to give 'Bert Kwouk' as an answer!!
Originally Posted by MR. Macavity:
“Only just caught up on this answer as I was watching some Pointlesses off my planner!
Still crying.
I'm convinced she had some sort of bet going that she had to give 'Bert Kwouk' as an answer!!”
“Only just caught up on this answer as I was watching some Pointlesses off my planner!
Still crying.
I'm convinced she had some sort of bet going that she had to give 'Bert Kwouk' as an answer!!”
I remember a conspiracy theory being offered here that they deliberately threw the round so that they would go out and get to do a second show, but who knows really.
One thing I'm sure I recall is that her partner didn't actually seem as nonplussed as you might have expected - and it was a round where they got to confer so he was clearly happy with it...
Originally Posted by JeffG1:
“If you mean contestants, I assume they went to school where people learn stuff like that.”
“If you mean contestants, I assume they went to school where people learn stuff like that.”
Funnily enough when I was at school we didnt learn about every historical thing of note that ever happened and I'm pretty sure I wasn't "taught" about JFK. I may have known who he was but I doubt I knew where he was assassinated. In fact I probably didn't know until some time in my adulthood when I developed an interest for this sort of thing.
So, indeed, it was not a stupid answer to have given.
Originally Posted by juliancarswell:
“Question at a pub quiz.
Who was the first Pope to be called by two names?
My missus "Pope John Paul the second"
(Shes a good Catholic girl too)”
“Question at a pub quiz.
Who was the first Pope to be called by two names?
My missus "Pope John Paul the second"
(Shes a good Catholic girl too)”
I don't understand this
Originally Posted by Lamin_Ator:
“I don't understand this”
“I don't understand this”
If he was the second, he wouldn't have been the first...
Originally Posted by JeffG1:
“If you mean contestants, I assume they went to school where people learn stuff like that.”
“If you mean contestants, I assume they went to school where people learn stuff like that.”
"New York" was just a wrong answer. A stupid answer would have been "Barnsley".
Originally Posted by davads:
“If he was the second, he wouldn't have been the first...”
“If he was the second, he wouldn't have been the first...
”
Ah yes it did just click before I came back in
Although I wondered whether they meant two names as in a papal name and his birth name.
Originally Posted by Lamin_Ator:
“Ah yes it did just click before I came back in
Although I wondered whether they meant two names as in a papal name and his birth name.”
“Ah yes it did just click before I came back in
Although I wondered whether they meant two names as in a papal name and his birth name.”
I'll confess it took me a moment to twig what was up with it
Originally Posted by MR. Macavity:
“Only just caught up on this answer as I was watching some Pointlesses off my planner!
Still crying.
I'm convinced she had some sort of bet going that she had to give 'Bert Kwouk' as an answer!!”
“Only just caught up on this answer as I was watching some Pointlesses off my planner!
Still crying.
I'm convinced she had some sort of bet going that she had to give 'Bert Kwouk' as an answer!!”
Best bit was a few episodes later finally shown this week, when Richard referenced it again, was Burt Kwouk WAS a pointless answer for one of final rounds I think!
Originally Posted by davads:
“I remember a conspiracy theory being offered here that they deliberately threw the round so that they would go out and get to do a second show, but who knows really.
One thing I'm sure I recall is that her partner didn't actually seem as nonplussed as you might have expected - and it was a round where they got to confer so he was clearly happy with it...”
“I remember a conspiracy theory being offered here that they deliberately threw the round so that they would go out and get to do a second show, but who knows really.
One thing I'm sure I recall is that her partner didn't actually seem as nonplussed as you might have expected - and it was a round where they got to confer so he was clearly happy with it...”
Could be! - but why Burt Kwouk of all the people in the world?! Just so funny...
Originally Posted by Loz_Fraggle:
“Best bit was a few episodes later finally shown this week, when Richard referenced it again, was Burt Kwouk WAS a pointless answer for one of final rounds I think!”
“Best bit was a few episodes later finally shown this week, when Richard referenced it again, was Burt Kwouk WAS a pointless answer for one of final rounds I think!”
Ah, I've not watched that one yet - what were the odds?!
Originally Posted by Loz_Fraggle:
“Best bit was a few episodes later finally shown this week, when Richard referenced it again, was Burt Kwouk WAS a pointless answer for one of final rounds I think!”
“Best bit was a few episodes later finally shown this week, when Richard referenced it again, was Burt Kwouk WAS a pointless answer for one of final rounds I think!”
That sounds a bit dubious. I wonder if during a break the old woman sneaked into Richard Osman's dressing room and took a look at the answers but remembered them in the wrong order. Then I guess she got caught by Richard but escaped with hilarious consequences? This sounds strangely familiar.
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